Companies haven’t stopped hiring, but they’re more cautious, according to the 2025 College Hiring Outlook Report
By: Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University Every year, I tell my students in my business analytics class the same thing: “Don’t just apply for a job. Audition for it.” This advice seems particularly relevant this year. In today’s turbulent economy, companies are still hiring, but they’re doing it a […]
AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?
By: Alexander Kaurov, PhD Candidate in Science and Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous experts scrutinise research before it is published. This helps safeguard the accuracy of […]
The government wants local authorities to embrace AI – here’s one way it could work in practice
By: Alex Lord, Professor, Lever Chair of Urban Planning, University of Liverpool Few issues ignite communities more fiercely than what to do with land. The prospect of releasing small portions of green belt land for housing developments, a windfarm proposal or plans for a new road can transform mild-mannered citizens into passionate advocates overnight. This visceral […]
Is AI sparking a cognitive revolution that will lead to mediocrity and conformity?
By: Wolfgang Messner, Clinical Professor of International Business, University of South Carolina Artificial Intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain. Is it now in the process of transforming the human brain’s role in daily life? The Industrial Revolution diminished the need for manual labor. As someone who researches the application of AI in international […]
Chatbots can help clinicians become better communicators, and this could boost vaccine uptake
By: Reshma Ramachandran, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025, to shrink its workforce by 20,000 people. Among workers dismissed in early April were several teams responsible for fulfilling requests for […]
The federal government wants to boost productivity. Science can help
By: Deanna D’Alessandro, Professor & Director, Net Zero Institute, University of Sydney and Kate Harrison Brennan, Director, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney In the wake of Labor’s resounding victory in Australia’s federal election earlier this month, there has been much talk about flailing productivity in Australia. In fact, last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer […]
Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work
By: Kimberly Przeszlowski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Quinnipiac University In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing a 7-year-old and injuring his father. The suspect fled the scene and eventually escaped to Mexico. Using camera footage and cellphone data, the Albuquerque Police Department’s real-time crime center played a crucial […]
Predictive policing AI is on the rise − making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects
By: Maria Lungu, Postdoctoral Researcher of Law and Public Administration, University of Virginia The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Minority Report” depicted a dystopian future where a specialized police unit was tasked with arresting people for crimes they had not yet committed. Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, the […]
When AI plays favourites: How algorithmic bias shapes the hiring process
By: Asit Kumar Mishra, Research Fellow in School of Public of Health, University College Cork A public interest group filed a U.S. federal complaint against artificial intelligence hiring tool, HireVue, in 2019 for deceptive hiring practices. The software, which has been adopted by hundreds of companies, favoured certain facial expressions, speaking styles and tones of voice, […]
Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about the least
By: Kamran Mahroof, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Analytics, University of Bradford Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney can produce text, images and videos far more quickly than any one person can accomplish by hand. But as someone who studies the societal impacts of AI, I’ve noticed an interesting trade-off: The technology can certainly save time, but it […]